Can’t ‘fight’ city hall

January 21, 2020

Dear Editor, Reading the WTO’s article on safe winter travel and sidewalk shoveling within City environs brings me to the differences in how this issue is handled in the Borough of Clarendon. When attending a Clarendon Borough meeting to inquire about enforcing snow shoveling requirements, I was told that the Borough officials would rather “we” act neighborly and simply shovel each other’s walks. “We” try, however, there are more sidewalks, it seems, than there are neighbors. When requesting the Borough Road Master to adjust his plow to push snow away from driveways, ...

Hostilities with none

January 21, 2020

Dear Editor, “A decent respect for the opinions of mankind” and the “Laws of Nature’s God” compels an alternate view to the 1-9 Our Opinion piece, which tried to justify the murder of high Iraqi and Iranian officials. Abu Mahdi al Muhandis, deputy commander of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces, kept the Islamic State out of Baghdad and went on to defeat them and multiple allied jihadist groups with the cooperation of general Soleimani. Iraqi prime minister Abdul Mahdi told the parliament that he planned to meet Soleimani the morning the general was killed to ...

Cheating

January 18, 2020

Dear Editor, This letter is brief and to the point. When there is “cheating” in professional sports, the investigation and punishment is immediate.Witness current events. When there is an investigation and undisputed evidence of “cheating” in the oval office, the punishment — if any — requires prolonged nonsence. School children who cheat receive punishment, too. Likewise, the same holds true in most families. Good luck, Trump! Sincerely, M.J. Shanshala, Warren

A sorry mess, indeed

January 11, 2020

Dear Editor, In the 1/10/20 editorial entitled “This Sorry Mess” which focuses on the ongoing impeachment process, I found the following statement quite stunning: “Without evidence, Trump committed unconstitutional acts, majority Democrats in the House of Representatives impeached him last month.” Say what? “Without evidence?!” Seriously? First, let’s note that the specific articles of impeachment involved are abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. And that the televised impeachment inquiry produced a multitude of witnesses and a range of documents all ...

Loving solidarity

December 30, 2019

Dear Editor, I’m writing in response to your Thursday, December 26 editorial column by Cal Thomas, “Socialism’s Cyclical Appeal,” in which he attempts to patronize the public with simplistic, 60-year-old Milton Friedman talking points, perpetuating the myth of free markets and the “jealousy of success” that have undermined cross-class solidarity since the day FDR dared float the idea of a future free from fear. Thomas is projecting when he says that “Socialism is a false doctrine” and lies that it promises “free stuff.” It is, in fact, the realization of ...

Beaty trees

December 28, 2019

Dear Editor, It has come to our attention (and Mark confirmed at Beaty today) 12-27-19, after a former Beaty student called, that the cutting of many of the Famous and Historical trees and white pines planted by Beaty Ecology Club students in the 1980s and 1990s took place. First of all, we are distraught that the damage has been done already. Trees around schools and hospitals help people to debrief when emotionally upset. Trees curb violence in the areas where they exist. They remove carbon from the air-more need to be planted not removed! Those trees provided a windbreak for ...